Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-08-11
PITH AND POINT.

| PIIH AND POINT.
Kind words naturally flow from
kind thoughts.
Character is one of the Creates
motive powers in the world.
"A Boston pianist has gone mad
Now he knows how the other fellow
feels
Nothing is more beautiful thar
virtue; nothing fairer, nothing more
lovely.-Cscero.
-He-"You are the only college
girl ever liked why, how
sop He-"Oh. the others all know
SO much" Life.
-"What book has helped you most
in lifep" Iasked my friend. as home
we took our way one day, and he re-
piled, ''My pocket book. "-Vor Populi.
"A New York oculist says that only
one man in 600 knows how to take
care of his eyes. 1t is evident that
more people should take boxing les
sons.
1t is well-kown to all experienced
minds that our earnest convictions are
often dependent on subtle impressions
for which words are too coarse medi-
UNI.
Young gentlemen" said an old
doctor to a graduating class of med
ical students-"Young gentlemen,
keep you patients alive-if you can;
dead men run up no bills"
-Wife-''Perhaps Miss Gules is a
little disagreeble; but think of her
family! Why, she quarters her arms
on" Husband-"P shaw! She quar-
tiers herself on us every summer-and
Tn getting tired of it. "-Harper's
Bazaar.
A wise man does not often allow
it to be seen that his own estimate of
himself is higher than that which his
associates and people generally who
know him well, place upon him.
Not willing to work. -
The reason why in depths we grieve
For heights to which our hopes aspire,
Is that we rarely care to leave
The pleasant valley Of desire.
TEXAS Siftimgs.
The hod carrier lives bv the ups
and downs of his life. philadelphia
CaM What's the matter with the boy
that runs the elevator?-Ca Pretzel.
The matter with him is that he rs
saucy and careless. ---PAilddetphia Call
AT a country boarding house
always talk loud, help yourself first
and abuse the place and the people.
1t inclines your fellow-boarders to
think that you have been a superin-
tendent of an insane asylum.-M y
Journal.
She didn't say 'skill. "-Beatlice
81 don't see how you play on that
mandolin gelina-''Well, it re-
quires great deal of patience and
some skill.'' Beatrice-"Yes, you
were always noted for your patience,
dear. IT'D Bits.
The benefit of advertising is very
great. Thursday a Newport man adj
vertised in the Journal for his lost dog,
and before the paper was printed the
dog broke the rope the fellow who stole
him had him tied with and ran home
Kentucky State Journal.
Young Mr.. Sissy Qndulging in
light luncheon)-'Ah,w waiter, you may
bring me Schweizer cheese sandwich,
with no butter, please, and trifle of
and, waiter, let the cheese be
fresh and thinr' Waiter (deferen-
sir; would you like the
holes cut out of it?''-Puck.
The Wish-bone. -Leander-''Have
you got hold, Miss EthelP Now, don't
forget to wish" Ethel-"Oh, I don't
know what to wish" Leander (gal-
I'll wish for YOU"
Ethel (blushing)-"Will you reallyF
Well Hope your wish will come true.
You'll find papa in the library. lid
Bits.
"A poem in an exchange is entitled
'They Had No Poet and So They
Died" That was terribly sad. And
the calamity might have been so easily
averted, too! Almost any city in the
Union could have spared dozen or
more poets, and would have gladly
forwarded them, free of charge, to any
point where such singular fatality
prevailed. We don't know who
.'They" were, but they should have
made their wants known. -NorristoOn
Herald.